TEE BONES IN BIRDS. 



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and nine in the Goose and Duck; they are nearly always consolidated into a 

 single piece to which the trunk is fixed, and which gives the wings a sohd 



Fig. 109, 



SKELETON OF A FOWL. 



From A to B, Cervical VertebrcE . 1, spiDous process of the third vertebra; 2, inferior ridge on body 

 of the same ; 3, styloid prolongation of the transverse process of the same; 4, vertebral foramen 

 of the same ; 1', 2', 3', 4', the same parts in the twelfth vertebra. From B to C, Dorsal Vertebrae: 

 6, spinous process of the first ; 7, crest formed by the union of the other spinous processes. From 

 D to E, Coccygeal Vertebrce. F, G, Head: 8, interorbital septum; 9, foramen of communication 

 between the two orbits ; 10, premaxillary bone ; 10', external openings of the nose; 11, maxilla; 



